ûr

proper name. Sun, (lit.) Fire

Name of the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/187), sometimes appearing as úri (MC/214, 221), derived from the root ᴱ√URU having to do with heat (QL/98).

Cognates

• G. aur(a) “Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr
• G. Uril “Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

• ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098

Element in

• Eq. alkantaniéren úrio kalmainen “made it shine in the lights of the sun” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
• Eq. úri nienaite híse “a bleared sun” ✧ MC/214
• Eq. Urwen(di) “Sun-maiden” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; QL/098
• Eq. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
• Eq. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/077
• Eq. Úrinki “Orbed Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; QL/098
• Eq. Úrion ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√URU > Ur	[ur]	✧ QL/098

Variations

• Úri ✧ LT1A/Ûr
• úri ✧ MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/074; PE16/075
• úrin ✧ PE15/77
• uuri ✧ PE16/072; PE16/077
• Ur ✧ PME/098; QL/098
• Ūri ✧ QL/098

úrin

proper name. Sun, (lit.) Fire

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

Element in

• Eq. ahúrasilqi “sun and moon” ✧ PE15/77

uru

noun. fire

Cognates

• G. ûr “smith” ✧ GL/75

Derivations

• ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098

Element in

• Eq. (uru)purnie “conflagration” ✧ QL/075
• Eq. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
• Eq. urúva “like fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√URU > uru	[urū] > [uru]	✧ QL/098

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

Changes

• ūru → auro ✧ PE13/155

Cognates

• En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Derivations

• ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ✶ourū̆ > auro	[ouru] > [ouro] > [auro]	✧ PE13/155

Variations

• ūru ✧ PE13/155 (ūru)

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

Derivations

• ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Variations

• Sāri ✧ PE14/014

aule

masculine name. Smith

Cognates

• G. Ôla “God of Crafts” ✧ GL/18; GL/62; PE15/08; LT1A/Aulë; PE13/104; PE14/012

Derivations

• ᴱ✶Ou̯lē ✧ GL/62

Element in

• Eq. Aulisan “Tuesday”
• Eq. Aulenosse “Kindred of Aulë” ✧ LT1A/Aulë

Variations

• Aulë ✧ LBI/Aulë; LT1A/Aulë; LT1I/Aulë; LT2I/Aulë

sá

noun. fire

Cognates

• G. sâ “fire” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Derivations

• ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári; QL/081

Element in

• Eq. Sainen “Saturday”
• Eq. saqila “fire-red, scarlet” ✧ QL/081
• Eq. sár(e)a “fiery” ✧ QL/081

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√SAHA > Sā	[sax] > [saɣ] > [sā]	✧ QL/081

Variations

• sâ ✧ LT1A/Sári
• Sá ✧ PME/081
• Sā ✧ QL/081

tan(y)a

noun. fire

An element meaning “fire” in some early names: tanya in ᴱQ. Tanyasalpe (LT1/187), tana in ᴱQ. Tana Qentima equivalent of G. Tôn a Gwedrin “Tale-fire” (PE15/7; LT2/197), and possibly also in ᴱQ. Fatanyu “Hell” (GL/51). Tan(y)a is likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69, 71).

Cognates

• G. tôn “fire (on a hearth)”

Derivations

• ᴱ√TANA “*fire, kindle”

Element in

• Eq. Fatanyu “Hell”
• Eq. Tana Qentima “Tale-fire” ✧ PE15/07
• Eq. Tanyasalpe “Bowl of Fire” ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë

Variations

• Tanya ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
• Tana ✧ PE15/07

tongar

noun. smith

talka

noun. smith

Element in

• Eq. Talka Marda “Smith of the World” ✧ LT1A/Eldamar

Variations

• Talka ✧ LT1A/Eldamar
• talka ✧ PE16/138